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OU’s Semichas Chaver Program Expands to 53 Locations in...
OU’S SEMICHAS CHAVER PROGRAM EXPANDS TO 53 LOCATIONS IN U.S., CANADA, ISRAEL, AUSTRALIA & UNITED KINDOM MORE THAN 700 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PAST MONTH JOIN THE FASTEST GROWING PRACTICAL HALACHA
Nov 21, 2019
By OU Staff
Yachad Appoints Rabbinic and Spiritual Advisor to Infuse Spirituality...
NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union’s (OU) Yachad, the leading group for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community, appointed Rabbi Shay Schachter to serve as its rabbinic and halachic
Nov 4, 2019
By OU Staff
OU-JLIC Opens Campus Program at Bar-Ilan University to Serve...
NEW YORK – With a rising number of young men and women from North America choosing to enroll in universities and colleges in Israel, the Orthodox Union’s Heshe and Harriet
Nov 4, 2019
By OU Staff
Record 63 Communities in U.S. and Israel to be...
EVENT FEATURES WORKSHOPS, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES CONSIDERING RELOCATION NEW YORK – More than 2,000 people are expected at the Orthodox Union’s (OU) Seventh International Jewish Community Home &
Nov 4, 2019
By OU Staff
OU Statement on Heinous Attack On Synagogue in Halle,...
The Orthodox Union expresses its deepest sympathies to the people of Halle, Germany, and its Jewish community, where a gunman targeted a synagogue. As congregants observed Yom Kippur, the holiest
Oct 10, 2019
By OU Staff
More than 40 Synagogues in North America join OU...
NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union (OU) is taking a significant step to make the observance of Simchat Torah more meaningful for women in North America. The OU Women’s Initiative
Oct 4, 2019
By OU Staff
Long Island Family Donates Record $5 Million to Orthodox...
“Shevet Glaubach Fellowship” Designed to Train Next Generation of Jewish Leaders   NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union’s flagship NCSY program has received a record donation of $5 million dollars
Oct 4, 2019
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union Condemns The Swedish Centre Party’s Decision To...
Today, the leadership of the Orthodox Union, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, expressed their deep concern over the Swedish Centre Party’s vote to fight the nonmedical circumcision of
Oct 4, 2019
By OU Staff
Key State Legislators & Leaders From Nonpublic Schools Across...
NEW YORK –Teach NYS, a project of the Orthodox Union (OU) and a leading advocate for equitable funding for New York State’s nonpublic schools, honored State Sen. Shelley Mayer, and
Sep 26, 2019
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union Appoints First General Counsel
NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has named highly-regarded New York attorney Rachel Sims as
Sep 24, 2019
By OU Staff

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